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, his voice raw wi

landed on Cloud, who was cow

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even glance at me, crumpled on the floo

ain making my vision swim. "Cloud just g

ing. His face wa

ault, Savannah! You

n Cloud, his

than,

two bodyguards, who had appeared sil

sharp, pierced

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grabbed my good ar

er, tried to scramble a

guard lung

ing, snapping, fig

motion, of snar

sicken

hard. My dog yelped, a hi

the open balcony doo

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ing, then lost his foo

f

own, onto the

till. So te

crawled, dragging my brok

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weak, small movemen

t limp in my

w and ragged. My Cloud. M

han, who stood in the doorway, his face st

flat with gri

. His eyes were fixed on the

aid, his voice devoid of any e

ou once, Ethan. Years ago. That fire at the lake house. He barked until th

licker in his eyes. But

ds where Clara lay, shouting fo

ance. Abandoning me with my d

men were

creams of pain, to a small, w

freezer, conver

me like a p

" one of them said with a cruel smirk

the biting,

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distant agony, overshadow

was going to

the warehouse

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urt my eyes. My leg

severe frostbite and

said. "A few more hours in there

e already. This was

wasn't l

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suffering. For me. For my fam

ust about saving myself. It

dside phone, my fing

ed my

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my leg, my resolve hardenin

to the empty room. "I don't care what he does o

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come from a business mee

ways, was impecca